Cuomo 'elated' over Saland's primary win

11:05 AM,
Sep. 25, 2012

Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Written by

Joseph Spector
Journal Albany Bureau

ALBANY -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he was "elated" that Sen. Stephen Saland, R-Poughkeepsie, won his close Republican primary on Monday.

Saland was the critical 32nd vote in the Senate to legalize same-sex marriage last year, and Cuomo has hailed Saland and the other three Republicans who voted to support it. Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-Buffalo, easily won his primary, while Sen. Roy McDonald, R-Saratoga, is down by 113 vote and is expected to lose.

"I am elated about Senator Saland's victory," Cuomo said in a conference call Tuesday on the Tappan Zee Bridge. "I am still concerned about Sen. ...